Wellmarkinc

Wellmarkinc

Principal Architect - Advance Engineering & Architecture

Des Moines, IA, United States · Principal

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 5 days ago
SQLNoSQLAzurePlatform EngineeringRESTCybersecurityProcess ImprovementCustomer SupportTCP/IPResearchLeadershipCommunicationMentoringAdaptability

About the role

  • If you're passionate about joining an organization working hard to put its members first, to provide best-in-class service, and one that is committed to sustainability and innovation, consider applying today!
  • Responsible for system performance/availability and ensuring solutions developed adhere and align to the architecture standards.

Responsibilities

  • Lead architecture reviews and provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams.
  • Develop technology roadmaps aligned with business objectives and modernization initiatives.
  • Evaluate emerging technologies and drive adoption strategies.
  • Design and govern enterprise AI solutions, including responsible AI practices.
  • Ability to influence executive stakeholders and drive strategic technology decisions.
  • Expert knowledge of network protocols and enterprise network architecture and the ability to research, architect and drive complete technical solutions, consisting of multiple technologies.
  • Experience using strong business knowledge and perspective, synthesize complex information and develop theories to arrive at logical recommendations. Adept at viewing situations from the stakeholder's perspective to better address their needs and expectations.
  • Ability to maintain effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work tasks or the work environment; adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, business processes, work requirements, or cultures.
  • Demonstrated ability to be a self-starter who can lead others and focuses on results and desired outcomes and how best to achieve them.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or direct and applicable work experience.
  • Minimum 4 years of cloud architecture experience, including system integration, application development and system analysis.
  • Experience securing workloads.
  • Experience migrating to the public cloud (Amazon, Google, Microsoft).
  • Experience managing cloud access security brokers (CASB), including single sign on, authorization, encryption, etc.
  • Experience with SQL and NoSQL database systems.
  • Experience managing and understanding stakeholder issues, providing clear and concise communication and counseling to stakeholders.
  • Change agent with the proven ability to influence others by using appropriate skills to guide individuals or groups to accomplish work, reach consensus or take action.
  • Ability to coach and mentor others.
  • Travel required up to 5%.

Nice to have

  • Enterprise architecture leadership across multiple teams and business units.
  • Deep Azure and AI platform expertise.
  • Experience establishing architecture governance and engineering standards.
  • Strong background in modernization initiatives and cloud transformation.
  • Passion for mentoring engineers and fostering engineering excellence.
  • Balance of strategic thinking and hands-on technical depth.

Skills

  • F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc.
  • Mentor Security and Cloud Engineers on solutions and other technical issues. f.

Benefits

  • Flexible and adaptable to change.

Company info

  • We are a mutual insurance company owned by our policy holders across Iowa and South Dakota, and we've built our reputation on over 80 years' worth of trust.
  • We are not motivated by profits.
  • We are motivated by the well-being of our friends, family, and neighbors-our members.
  • Why Wellmark Technology?
  • Wellmark is building innovative, modern solutions using cutting edge technology.
  • We are driving organizational transformation and business strategy by empowering our technology team to innovate new and elegant solutions to enhance the customer experience.
  • Together, we are leaning into the future, owning the outcome, and driving organizational change to transform how we work.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • At this time, Wellmark is not considering applicants for this position that require any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the

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